10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CYANOMETER»
Discover the use of
cyanometer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cyanometer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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100 Amazing First-Prize Science Fair Projects
You Will Need • Cyanometer • Charts from Cyanometer project Here you'll get a
chance to use your cyanometer (from the Cyanometer project) to take accurate
blueness measurements of the sky. Record your results in a color chart to display
...
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Why the Sky is Blue: Discovering the Color of Life
Literally a "measurer of blue," the cyanometer (Color Plate 15) was a scale of fifty-
two shades of blue ranging from white ("zero degrees") to black ("51 degrees")
via an ultramarine hue ("Berlin blue"). This simple device had been invented in ...
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Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute
And, continued the sage philosopher, “Saussure is dead, and those only who
have been at great heights, and retain a recollection of the color, are capable of
making a cyanometer." With the information I derived from him, and my
subsequent ...
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American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge
At my fifth ascent with a balloon, from New York, in May, 1833, 1 was compelled,
in consequence of a high wind which prevailed, to unmoor without any
philosophical instruments, except the cyanometer, which I had fortunately placed
in my ...
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne, 1835
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Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ...
At my fifth ascent with a balloon, from New York, in May, 1833, I was compelled,
in consequence of a high wind which prevailed, to unmoor without any
philosophical instruments, except the cyanometer, which I had fortunately placed
in my ...
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The Repertory of Patent Inventions, and Other Discoveries ...
At my fifth ascent with a balloon, from New York, in May, 1833, I was compelled,
in consequence of ahigh wind which prevailed, to unmoor without any
philosophical instruments, except the cyanometer, which I had fortunately placed
in my ...
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The American Journal of Science and Arts
Color of the Ocean. — The color of the ocean was also attempted to be measured
with the cyanometer, although its color is commonly regarded as green. The
mode of using the instrument on this occasion, was, first, by directing the eye on a
...
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American Journal of Science
And, continued this sage philosopher, " Saussure is dead, and those only who
have been at great heights, and retain a recollection of the color, are capable of
making a cyanometer." With the information I derived from him and my
subsequent ...
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Elements of Meteorology
Of what does chapter first treat 1 What is the cause of the color of the atmosphere
1 For what purpose is the cyanometer employed 1 inent which derives its name
from the Greek words. kuanos, OPTICAL PHENOMENA CHAPTER I OF THE ...
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THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN ...
There was nothing, for a long time, wherewith to measure the variations of the
azure of the sky but the cyanometer of Saussure; for the cyanometer of Arago, as
designed by him in 1817, had never been realized. As to the polarization of the ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CYANOMETER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cyanometer is used in the context of the following news items.
The Not So Blue Sky
Her single-channel video, Helio Blue, re-imagines Cyanometer, an 18th-century instrument for measuring 'blueness', specifically the colour ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»
The Slightly-Less-Than-Epic Quest To Measure the Blueness Of The …
Here is the story of the cyanometer, and one man's attempts to measure the blueness of the sky everywhere on Earth. Inventor, adventurer, man ... «io9, Feb 15»
Studio Visit: Travis Hocutt
The Cyanometer. You hold it up to the sky to determine the blueness of the sky. I really loved the idea that the blueness of the sky could be ... «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Jan 15»
This Is How People Once Measured the Blueness of the Sky
He created a device called a "cyanometer"—a kind of modified color wheel that contained every shade of blue that could be seen in the sky. «The Atlantic, May 14»
Recording America's Landscape With Some Very Strange Devices
They may install their radar reflector, as well as the cyanometer (a device invented in 1789 for measuring how blue the sky is). A box of Venue's ... «Wired News, Jun 12»
